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Academy Report, Volume 6 Number 3, September 1961

Academy Report, Volume 6 Number 3, September 1961

ACADEMY REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
VOL. 6, NO.3 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER, 1961
Corey New President,
Freed Elected 1st VP;
Writers Select Pirosh
Wendeil Corey automatically as­sumed
the Academy presidency in late
July following the untimely death of
Valentine Davies, and Arthur Freed
was elected first vice president at the
next regular Board
of Governors meet­ing.
Freed succeeded
Corey who moved
up to president
from first vice pres­ident.
The Acade­my
by-laws call for
WENDELL COREY
the second vice
president - in this case Jacob H. Karp
- to become first vice president in
such instances. Karp, however, de­clined
the spot, electing to remain
second vice president.
In a special election, the Academy's
Writers Branch elected Robert Pirosh to
ARTHUR FREED
Board .
the Board of Gov­ernors,
filling the
vacancy on the
Board created by
Davies' death . His
term expires in
May, 1962. Richard
Murphy is the other
Writers Branch rep­resentative
on the
Corey, an Academy member since
1949, has served on the Board of Gov­ernors
as a representative of the Actors
Branch since 1956. He was elected sec­ond
vice president in June, 1960, mov­ing
up to first vice president upon the
death of B. B. Kahane and elevation
of Davies to president in September of
that year. Corey was then elected first
vice president last May.
HEMINGWAY SERIES LEADS OFF
EXPANDED SCREENING PROGRAM
FILM CRITIC Arthur Knight of the Saturdoy Re­view,
an authority on Hemingway, introduced
the first of three series of screenings scheduled
for Academy members - "A Tribute to Ernest
Hemingway".
Academy Plays Host
To Touring Educators
The Academy Board of Governors
and the Foreign Language Film Award
Committee recently played host to
members of the International Congress
of Schools of Cinema and Television,
currently touring the United States un­der
the auspices of the State Depart­ment.
The visitors, representing eight na­tions,
were officially welcomed by
Academy President Wendell Corey and
feted at a dinner in their honor at
Chasen's Restaurant. The group of
more than 90 then toured the Academy
and its library before attending a spec­ial
showing of "The Young Doctors"
in the Academy Award Theatre.
The announcement that the Acade­my
planned to substantially expand
its program of Sunday night member­ship
screenings was enthusiastically
received, and the first three-part series
has been successfully completed.
A special committee headed by
Geoffrey Shurlock, assisted by Walter
Reisch and Malvin Wald, worked out
the details of the series of screenings
to be held two Sunday evenings a
month, August through early Decem­ber.
All screenings are held on Sunday
nights, beginning at 8 p.m. in the
Academy Award Theater, and admis­sion
is by Academy membership card
only.
The first of the three-part series­"
A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway"­included
screening of "For Whom The
Bell Tolls", "To Have And Have Not",
and " The Sun Also Rises" during Au­gust
and early September.
The Hemingway series is being fol­lowed
by ones on Dickens and Shake­speare
on film. These will be succeeded
by other series on famous stars, di­rectors,
etc., according to Shurlock.
Academy members are urged to
submit suggestions for future films or
series to the committee, but Shurlock
cautioned that selection will necessar ­ily
be limited to the availability of
prints.
The Academy gratefully acknowl­edged
the cooperation of Paramount,
Warner Bros. and 20th Century-Fox in
loaning the prints for the Hemingway
series and to other studios making the
upcoming series possible.
Advance announcement of the films
to be screened as part of the Dickens
and Shakespeare series and the dates
they will be shown will be provided
the membership.

ACADEMY REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
VOL. 6, NO.3 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER, 1961
Corey New President,
Freed Elected 1st VP;
Writers Select Pirosh
Wendeil Corey automatically as­sumed
the Academy presidency in late
July following the untimely death of
Valentine Davies, and Arthur Freed
was elected first vice president at the
next regular Board
of Governors meet­ing.
Freed succeeded
Corey who moved
up to president
from first vice pres­ident.
The Acade­my
by-laws call for
WENDELL COREY
the second vice
president - in this case Jacob H. Karp
- to become first vice president in
such instances. Karp, however, de­clined
the spot, electing to remain
second vice president.
In a special election, the Academy's
Writers Branch elected Robert Pirosh to
ARTHUR FREED
Board .
the Board of Gov­ernors,
filling the
vacancy on the
Board created by
Davies' death . His
term expires in
May, 1962. Richard
Murphy is the other
Writers Branch rep­resentative
on the
Corey, an Academy member since
1949, has served on the Board of Gov­ernors
as a representative of the Actors
Branch since 1956. He was elected sec­ond
vice president in June, 1960, mov­ing
up to first vice president upon the
death of B. B. Kahane and elevation
of Davies to president in September of
that year. Corey was then elected first
vice president last May.
HEMINGWAY SERIES LEADS OFF
EXPANDED SCREENING PROGRAM
FILM CRITIC Arthur Knight of the Saturdoy Re­view,
an authority on Hemingway, introduced
the first of three series of screenings scheduled
for Academy members - "A Tribute to Ernest
Hemingway".
Academy Plays Host
To Touring Educators
The Academy Board of Governors
and the Foreign Language Film Award
Committee recently played host to
members of the International Congress
of Schools of Cinema and Television,
currently touring the United States un­der
the auspices of the State Depart­ment.
The visitors, representing eight na­tions,
were officially welcomed by
Academy President Wendell Corey and
feted at a dinner in their honor at
Chasen's Restaurant. The group of
more than 90 then toured the Academy
and its library before attending a spec­ial
showing of "The Young Doctors"
in the Academy Award Theatre.
The announcement that the Acade­my
planned to substantially expand
its program of Sunday night member­ship
screenings was enthusiastically
received, and the first three-part series
has been successfully completed.
A special committee headed by
Geoffrey Shurlock, assisted by Walter
Reisch and Malvin Wald, worked out
the details of the series of screenings
to be held two Sunday evenings a
month, August through early Decem­ber.
All screenings are held on Sunday
nights, beginning at 8 p.m. in the
Academy Award Theater, and admis­sion
is by Academy membership card
only.
The first of the three-part series­"
A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway"­included
screening of "For Whom The
Bell Tolls", "To Have And Have Not",
and " The Sun Also Rises" during Au­gust
and early September.
The Hemingway series is being fol­lowed
by ones on Dickens and Shake­speare
on film. These will be succeeded
by other series on famous stars, di­rectors,
etc., according to Shurlock.
Academy members are urged to
submit suggestions for future films or
series to the committee, but Shurlock
cautioned that selection will necessar ­ily
be limited to the availability of
prints.
The Academy gratefully acknowl­edged
the cooperation of Paramount,
Warner Bros. and 20th Century-Fox in
loaning the prints for the Hemingway
series and to other studios making the
upcoming series possible.
Advance announcement of the films
to be screened as part of the Dickens
and Shakespeare series and the dates
they will be shown will be provided
the membership.